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Footballers Abou Diaby, Demba Ba and Jacques Faty performing Umrah today after arriving for Hajj, IlmFeed twitter page
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Asharq Al-Awsat Editor-in-Chief Ghassan Charbel receives his award in Dubai. (Government of Dubai)
Asharq Al Awsat EIC Awarded Media Personality of the Year at Dubai’s Arab Media Forum
Riyadh – The Dubai-sponsored forum for Arab Journalism presented Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Ghassan Charbel the Media Personality of the Year Award on Tuesday. Mr. Charbel was awarded at the concluding events of the Arab Media Forum. The event...Caption:
People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo
Twitter Shuts Down over 600,000 Accounts Linked to ‘Violent Extremism’
Jeddah- The famous social media platform ‘Twitter’ has banned at least 636,000 accounts linked to extremism that have been under suspicion since 2015. Over 376,000 accounts were suspended by the social media website in the last six months of 2016 in a bid to crack...Caption:
FILE PHOTO: German Justice Minister Heiko Maas attends a cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Germany Proposes to Fine Social Media Sites over Hate Speech
Germany’s Justice Minister put forward Tuesday a new draft law calling for social networks such as Facebook to remove threatening online postings and defamatory “fake news quickly or face heavy fines. The minister, Heiko Maas, a member of the center-left...Caption:
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 10, 2017, during a meeting on healthcare. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Trump-media Duel: both Sides Seem to Benefit
London- The European media refer to it as “the latest American soap opera”. To the Russian media, however, it looks more like “a new American civil war.” The “it” in question is the seemingly endless fight between the United States newly elected President Donald J...Caption:
The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau